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Old January 5th 06, 08:00 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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"In the United States, police dogs (which are almost always German
Shepherds) are usually trained in Germany and so usually understand commands
in German. This might also be an asset in that the criminal being chased
doesn't know what the dog is going to do (German isn't frequently understood
in the U.S.)."

Is this for real? Police dogs are almost always German Shepherds? They're
usually trained in Germany? They usually (only) understand commands in
German?

(I'll allow that German isn't frequently understood in the US--but then it's
not frequently understood in a lot of other places too.)

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Old January 5th 06, 08:14 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Opinicus wrote:
Is this for real? Police dogs are almost always German Shepherds? They're
usually trained in Germany? They usually (only) understand commands in
German?


My experience with Ag Dept. sniffer dogs at border
crossings/airport customs is that they tend to be beagles,
and they don't understand any commands (HA HA - just kidding
[about the commands, anyway - they really have tended to be
beagles]). Different agencies use different dogs for
different purposes.

I've found a very large number of errors in Wikipedia
articles. They tend to be contributed by people with
third-hand information and lots of spare time, and if
they're not on popular topics they don't get much review.
It's sufficiently bad that it's not even a trust-but-
verify situation.
--
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The federal debt limit has had to be raised four times
since George Bush took office.
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Old January 5th 06, 11:13 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:00:10 +0200 Opinicus whittled these words:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniffer_dog


"In the United States, police dogs (which are almost always German
Shepherds) are usually trained in Germany and so usually understand commands
in German. This might also be an asset in that the criminal being chased
doesn't know what the dog is going to do (German isn't frequently understood
in the U.S.)."


Is this for real? Police dogs are almost always German Shepherds? They're
usually trained in Germany? They usually (only) understand commands in
German?


(I'll allow that German isn't frequently understood in the US--but then it's
not frequently understood in a lot of other places too.)


It was true maybe 20 years ago. It isn't true any more. First it depends
on the definition of "police dog". There are many different breeds used
by a variety of law enforcement agencies. Larger dogs are used when the
takss involved "man work" the ability to stop or control a human. In that
line the Malinios is probably more popular than the GSD. Smaller dogs are
sometimes used for various kinds of scent work from which can include
contraband detection (including illegal fruits, vegetables and meats
etc), accelerant detection for arson investigation, narcotics detection,
and explosives detection. Tracking dogs are of various breeds. Of the
breeds used for man work many are imported, but from a vareity of
countries. They may be trained in Czech, Russian, German or *gasp*
English. Since 911 there has been substantial change in both the sourcing
and training of dogs largely to meet the time and volume needs.

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Old January 5th 06, 11:54 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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german shepards are used by the police and rcmp, however avalanche dogs
are often mixed breed. prefering a border collie croosed with belgian
sheperd. those are the most common dogs
used,itisseennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnn at times
though to see beagles and hunting dogs used for rescue.

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Old January 6th 06, 12:45 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Numbers and Shapes:
The Timeless Alphabet of Art and Life


"Come into the light of things;
let nature be your teacher."

-- William Wordsworth





Microscopic radiolarian skeleton



Egyptian Eye of Horus, whose
parts were the hieroglyphs for
fractions totaling 63/64.
Where is the missing piece
which "restores" unity?


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An introduction to the symbolic language
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upon which the designs of the universe, from atoms, flowers, seashells
to the human body and galaxies and are based. The forms of nature are
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We don't need any math background to learn the gentle alphabet of
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The most important reason for these studies is their healing and
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"'You amuse me,' I said, 'with your obvious fear that the public will
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Come learn the language of your native world!
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Bible Moralisee, 1215



A star exhales


1&2 Unity & Polarity

T
Unity is a fact of nature, and all numbers and shapes unfold from
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the compass itself, and the Vesica Piscis, the almond opening through
which all other numbers and shapes are born.



Notice the light triangle in the clover

3 Trinity: Tri-Unity
The birth of the number 3 and triangle enables opposites to balance and
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Tungsten atoms form a crystal


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Slice of a Celery stalk


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In starfish and flowers, corporate logos and flags, the number five and
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Sensitive hairs within the human
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The Seven Pleiades


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Aztec Sun Calendar

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Dante and Beatrice gazing at the
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DNA molecule, seen from above

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approaching 12. Resembling the principles of the number 2, of which it
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The Cosmological Circle

"The universe is simple if you use imagination.
Its pattern is the number Twelve which structures all Creation.
You need not study physics or be versed in numerology
To draw from Threes and Fours the duodecimal cosmology."

--"Twelve Fold Universe" by John Michell

To live in accord with the perceived cosmic order, countless societies
mirrored upon Earth the patterns they saw in the sky and
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number twelve. Twelve is the traditional "framework
number" embracing and interrelating the numbers below and beyond it.
From time immemorial the archetypal

"twelve-around-one" pattern of the zodiac was mirrored in twelve-tribe
societies, the mythologies of twelve heroic ordeals,
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the numbers 1 through 12 and so represents a harmonious sacred
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temples are properly oriented to the solstices and equinoxes, and
symbolizes that the site occurs at the meeting of Heaven and Earth.
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shh my owner is awke un he is real mad. kind aha, he donut mind mind
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